C'ville Images

27/05/2024

A post this Memorial Day weekend from my other page, Vintage Charlottesville. To see all my Charlottesville posts follow/like that page since that is the one I’ll keep active going forward. Thanks to all of you who have already switched over!

This photograph was taken on Memorial Day weekend, 1959, near the intersection of First & Main in downtown Charlottesville. The Jefferson Theater is screening a new release, “Pork Chop Hill”starring Gregory Peck. Another movie theater, The Lafayette, can be seen in the distance. Nearly every business along Main Street had prominent signage, often in the form of blade signs hanging out over the wide sidewalks. Later this same year Barracks Road Shopping Center would open and contribute to the long, slow decline of downtown as a major shopping area in Charlottesville.

This image is just one of many rare and remarkable photographs found in the book “Vintage Charlottesville” by Steve Trumbull and available at the link below or at Blue Whale Books and The Virginia Shop.

https://cville-images.myshopify.com/collections/books/products/vintage-charlottesville-rare-remarkable-photographs-of-charlottesville-virginia

20/04/2024

Like and follow the newer page, Vintage Charlottesville to see many more historical photos from the collection and posts by Steve Trumbull.

06/12/2023

If you’d like to keep seeing my posts, you’ll want to follow my newer page, Vintage Charlottesville. Thanks to all of you for your interest in my work online and in my books over the past several years. It’s your support that keeps this going.

Holiday shopping, December 1954, Main Street, Charlottesville. Note in this photo that Miller & Rhoads hasn’t been built yet. That would happen just a couple of years later. But also note that the old building in that location seen in the cover photo of our book is gone. (Click on the link below to see the book cover.) That was the Monticello Bank building and it had been demolished earlier in 1954 to make way for Miller & Rhoads.

Many more rare and remarkable photos are included in our book “Vintage Charlottesville”, most of which have never been published or displayed anywhere else. Get your copy at the link below. Order now for free shipping and quick local delivery.

https://cville-images.myshopify.com/collections/books/products/vintage-charlottesville-rare-remarkable-photographs-of-charlottesville-virginia

01/12/2023

To see all the latest posts of vintage photos from our town, follow Vintage Charlottesville. You’ll be glad you did.

This aerial photo was taken over Scott Stadium at UVA in 1980 by the late Ed Roseberry. Throughout his career, Roseberry took hundreds of images flying over Charlottesville including some as early as the late 1940s with his brother Bob as pilot.

For more vintage photographs from Roseberry and other Charlottesville photographers throughout the 20th Century, get the book:

https://cville-images.myshopify.com/collections/books/products/vintage-charlottesville-rare-remarkable-photographs-of-charlottesville-virginia

26/02/2023

If you want to see my recent posts on old Charlottesville photographs, make sure you follow my other, newer page, Vintage Charlottesville. You’ll find several recently posted vintage pics there, including this one…

This street scene shows Main Street in Charlottesville over 100 years ago. Today, this location is the west end of the downtown pedestrian mall. Some of the buildings seen here still stand with the architecture identifiable to close observers. Among the businesses in this block in the current day is The Whiskey Jar.

(Photo: Rufus Holsinger, Special Collections, UVA Library)

More photos in the book:

https://cville-images.myshopify.com/collections/books/products/vintage-charlottesville-rare-remarkable-photographs-of-charlottesville-virginia

18/02/2023

To see my recent posts on old Charlottesville photographs that I’ve researched over the years, please follow my other page, Vintage Charlottesville, and pick up a copy of the book while you’re at it. Thanks to all of you who continue to support my work!

Snow falls on Main Street in Charlottesville, 1950s. Today this area is the west end of the Downtown pedestrian mall. The view looks east. Although the businesses have all changed, many of the buildings seen in this photograph still stand and are recognizable as you stroll along the mall today.

Many more vintage photographs here:

https://cville-images.myshopify.com/collections/books/products/vintage-charlottesville-rare-remarkable-photographs-of-charlottesville-virginia

11/02/2023

If you want to see all my recent posts featuring old photos of Charlottesville, you’ll want to start following my other page, Vintage Charlottesville. You’ll find several new posts there now and much more to come! Thanks to all of you who have already “liked” or “followed” the page.

21/12/2022

A rare photo of Main Street in Charlottesville from a high angle, circa 1920s/30s. Many more historical photographs in the most recent book, “Vintage Charlottesville” available at Blue Whale Books on the Downtown Mall or The Virginia Shop at Barracks Road Shopping Center.

Makes a perfect gift for anyone with connections to Charlottesville and UVA. Make sure you have a copy to pass around on Christmas Day to share old stories and precious memories.

Can also be ordered online at www.cvilleimages.com

19/12/2022

Holiday shopping, December 1954, Main Street, Charlottesville. Note in this photo that Miller & Rhoads hasn’t been built yet. That would happen just a couple of years later. But also note that the old building in that location seen in the cover photo of our book is gone. That was the Monticello Bank building and it had been demolished earlier in 1954 to make way for Miller & Rhoads.

Many more rare and remarkable photos are included in our book “Vintage Charlottesville”, most of which have never been published or displayed anywhere else. Get your copy at the link below. I’ll be making local deliveries all this week. This book makes a great gift and can delivered in time for Christmas to most Charlottesville addresses.

https://cville-images.myshopify.com/collections/books/products/vintage-charlottesville-rare-remarkable-photographs-of-charlottesville-virginianote

10/12/2022

Here are a few pics we’ve shared on this page over the past year. To read the details on each, scroll back through the C’ville Images page. If you want to see some of the best images from our years of researching and collecting historical Charlottesville photographs, check out our book “Vintage Charlottesville”. It makes a great gift for anyone with a connection to C’ville and UVA and will be a trip down Memory Lane for any of the old-timers on your list.

It’s on sale now at the link below. You’ll save a few $ off the cover price and it ships quickly for a low, flat rate no matter how many copies you get. Send it anywhere in the country in time for the holidays.

https://cville-images.myshopify.com/collections/books/products/vintage-charlottesville-rare-remarkable-photographs-of-charlottesville-virginia

09/12/2022

Just a small sampling of the historical photographs you’ll find in our book, “Vintage Charlottesville” now on sale and ready to ship for the holidays. With over 180 pages of rare and remarkable photos this makes a great gift for anyone with a connection to Charlottesville or the University of Virginia. Ships quickly from the link below.

You can also pick it up locally at Blue Whale Books on the downtown mall or the The Virginia Shop at Barracks Road Shopping Center.

https://cville-images.myshopify.com/collections/books/products/vintage-charlottesville-rare-remarkable-photographs-of-charlottesville-virginia

08/12/2022

This postcard image of the Chapel at the University of Virginia shows the stone structure in a winter scene around the turn of the 20th Century. The postcard was made by colorizing a B&W photograph, possibly taken by Rufus Holsinger, a highly regarded professional photographer of the era. The memorial services for our friend, the late Edwin S. Roseberry (also a renowned Charlottesville photographer) were held here earlier this month on December 4th.

Visitors to the UVA Chapel may have noticed the stained-glass window in the southwest corner of the chapel. It was donated by Mr. Roseberry in honor of his wife who passed away on October 11, 1978 (Ed would live another 44 years, 2 days). Both Ed and his wife, Mary Lou Sprengel, were UVA graduates and were married in this chapel not long after graduation.

RIP Ed & Mary Lou.

07/12/2022

Today is National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.

Future professional photographer Ed Roseberry was a 16 year-old living with his family in Charlottesville, Virginia on December 7, 1941 when Pearl Harbor was attacked. Not long after he would take time out from school at the University of Virginia to serve in the Navy. His entire WWII service would be at Pearl Harbor, where this photograph of Ed was taken. His experience there as a young man connected him to Hawaii and when he retired he relocated to Honolulu. Eventually, missing Charlottesville, he returned to his hometown in 2001. Sadly, Ed passed away in October of this year. His life was celebrated by family and friends this past weekend. His legacy will live on through the photographs he took throughout his long life.

Ed’s work can be found in all of our books including “Vintage Charlottesville” which is more than 180 pages of historic images from Charlottesville from a wide range of photographers. It makes a great gift for anyone with connections to Charlottesville and UVA. Order here for quick delivery:

https://cville-images.myshopify.com/collections/books/products/vintage-charlottesville-rare-remarkable-photographs-of-charlottesville-virginia

02/12/2022

This parade photo was taken by Ed Roseberry on Main Street in 1970, a few years before the pedestrian mall was built. The view is looking east from the intersection of First & Main where Hamiltons' is today. Note the Jefferson Theater was showing films at the time.

This photograph was included in our book “Charlottesville Then & Now” but many of Mr. Roseberry’s b&w images are included in our third book, “Vintage Charlottesville” which you can still get here:

https://cville-images.myshopify.com/collections/books/products/vintage-charlottesville-rare-remarkable-photographs-of-charlottesville-virginia

The book makes a great gift for anyone who enjoys classic b&w images and a bit of history of our town.

02/12/2022

Photographer Ed Roseberry signing some copies of “FLASH” just a few short years ago here in Charlottesville. Although “FLASH” featured exclusively Mr. Roseberry’s work, his photographs are featured prominently in the next two books including “Vintage Charlottesville” which you can still get here:

https://cville-images.myshopify.com/collections/books/products/vintage-charlottesville-rare-remarkable-photographs-of-charlottesville-virginia

The book makes a great gift for anyone who enjoys classic b&w images and a bit of history of our town.

01/12/2022

From Hawes Spencer on the late C’ville photographer, Ed Roseberry:

https://dailyprogress.com/news/local/service-slated-for-noted-charlottesville-photographer-roseberry/article_f1fddc26-702b-11ed-b0d4-775022666986.html

A memorial service for Edwin Roseberry, whose 20th century photographs of local parties and infrastructure are the subject of several recent books, has been slated for this Sunday at the

26/11/2022

Another classic photograph from the late Edwin S. Roseberry.

This one of the Corner at UVA was taken in the early 1950s. The store on the left would become Mincer’s not long after Ed took this picture.

Many more vintage photos from Mr. Roseberry as well as numerous other photographers in our book, “Vintage Charlottesville”, available here:

https://cville-images.myshopify.com/collections/books/products/vintage-charlottesville-rare-remarkable-photographs-of-charlottesville-virginia

23/11/2022

This Korean War-era Navy jet (F9F Panther) was once parked at McIntire Park for kids to climb and play on. This photo was taken sometime in the 1960s. With assorted sharp edges and rusting parts, the junked aircraft was later removed. (Photo courtesy Clint Boze).

Update: our latest book, Vintage Charlottesville, has another photo of this plane taken in the late 1960s.

Get it here: https://cville-images.myshopify.com/collections/books/products/vintage-charlottesville-rare-remarkable-photographs-of-charlottesville-virginia

23/11/2022

This aerial photo was taken over Scott Stadium at UVA in 1980 by the late Ed Roseberry. Throughout his career, Roseberry took hundreds of images flying over Charlottesville including some as early as the late 1940s with his brother Bob as pilot.

For more vintage photographs from Roseberry and other Charlottesville photographers throughout the 20th Century, get the book:

https://cville-images.myshopify.com/collections/books/products/vintage-charlottesville-rare-remarkable-photographs-of-charlottesville-virginia

21/11/2022

This aerial photograph from the late Ed Roseberry was taken above Main Street in the 1970s in the early days of the Downtown Pedestrian Mall. Share your observations and memories in the comments below.

For more vintage photographs from Roseberry and other Charlottesville photographers throughout the 20th Century, get the book:

https://cville-images.myshopify.com/collections/books/products/vintage-charlottesville-rare-remarkable-photographs-of-charlottesville-virginia

20/11/2022

Another photo from the late Ed Roseberry, looking east on West Main Street at Vinegar Hill. The Lewis & Clark Square Condominiums now stand where the old American Service Station once stood. This image dates to the early 1970s.
Downtown buildings like Miller & Rhoads can be seen in the distance as well as a relatively open Pantops Mountain. More of Ed's work and many other C'ville photographers can be found here:

https://cville-images.myshopify.com/collections/books/products/vintage-charlottesville-rare-remarkable-photographs-of-charlottesville-virginia

16/11/2022

Flags have been lowered this week to half-staff “in respect and memory of the victims of the University of Virginia shooting, their families, and the Charlottesville community.” (Virginia Governor Youngkin)

02/11/2022

This is an aerial photograph of Barracks Road Shopping Center in its early years taken by the late Ed Roseberry. Ed’s work is featured prominently in all three of our books. The wider view of this aerial can be found in Vintage Charlottesville available at The Virginia Shop, Blue Whale Books, and online here:

https://cville-images.myshopify.com/products/vintage-charlottesville-rare-remarkable-photographs-of-charlottesville-virginia

29/10/2022

This photo from the 1950s shows Emmet Street looking south from Barracks Road. The land on the right would later be developed and become Barracks Road Shopping Center. This image is a detail of a photo taken by the late Charlottesville photographer Edwin S. Roseberry and is included in our book “Vintage Charlottesville”. The book is now back in stock at The Virginia Shop at Barracks Road Shopping Center. It makes a great gift to bring to your Thanksgiving host and will certainly facilitate some fascinating conversation and sharing of memories around the Thanksgiving table. Stop by The Virginia Shop this week to pick up your copy. Includes quite a few rare photos from our friend and colleague, Ed Roseberry.

22/10/2022

A post from a few years ago featuring one of Ed Roseberry’s photos. More in the book: https://cville-images.myshopify.com/

It was 64 years ago that scenes from the epic motion picture "Giant" were filmed in Keswick, VA, east of Charlottesville. A train depot near Keswick Hall was used in the film and movie stars Elizabeth Taylor and Rock Hudson were on location. Photographer Ed Roseberry, then 29 years old, managed to be on the set and took this candid shot of Taylor and Hudson chatting between takes.

More vintage photographs from Mr. Roseberry’s archive can be found in our books, including a new one coming soon. Thanks to all of you who support C’ville Images by making purchases through our online shop: http://www.cvilleimages.com/the-store/

The books make great gifts for Father’s Day or any occasion. Free Shipping anywhere in the U.S. for a limited time.

15/10/2022

This poster/farewell card was originally created a couple of years ago when we wished Ed a safe journey and happy retirement as he left Charlottesville to spend time with family in California. It is just as appropriate this weekend as we all say a tearful good-bye to our friend and colleague, the legendary Charlottesville photographer Edwin S. Roseberry. He will be greatly missed. This art work was done by my good friend and creative partner at C’ville Images, Steve Haske who is the artistic force behind much of my work.

15/10/2022

Ed Roseberry enjoying a refreshing beverage at a cafe just outside The Paramount Theater of Charlottesville in 2018.

15/10/2022

The Paramount Theater of Charlottesville has posted a nice selection of Ed Roseberry’s downtown photos through the years that show this iconic theater. These have been included in our books and exhibits but it’s nice to see them together.

14/10/2022

For more on Ed Roseberry pick up today’s The Daily Progress and read journalist Hawes Spencer’s excellent piece on the legendary photographer who died yesterday morning.

13/10/2022

It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing of our friend and colleague Edwin S. Roseberry this morning in California. The legendary photographer enjoyed a long career here in Charlottesville and at UVA and is fondly remembered by family, friends, and fans of his impressive body of photographic work. We will share more info as we receive it from the family and will continue to share images and highlights from Ed’s phenomenal archive and career on this page. Ed was 97.

Rest in peace, Ed. We love you!

Edwin S. Roseberry
4 July 1925- 13 October 2022